quotes of the week #24

quotes of the week are back after a short respite. 24th edition. you can read the "disclaimer" on the 1st "qotw" HERE.
(i also tagged them all so you can click on the tag "quotes of the week" on the bottom right of this blog to see all 24 qotw... or just use the handy dandy search box on the top left of this blog.)
[my thoughts are in these brackets]

#1 quote of the week:
“Comfort makes cowards of us all.” – Michael Gerber, in E-Myth Revisited.
[he was speaking in a specific context but this is a PRINCIPLE that really applies to everything! imho, comfort halts world changing movements in their tracks every day.  i say, forget comfort. who needs it? what a waste.]

“Paradox = Jesus welcomes the children, but sends away the rich man. The world welcomes the rich man, but sends the children away.” – Scott Grace, my friend and a very smart man. [Scott is a really great, thoughtful writer. (way better than me.) you need to read his awesome blog HERE.]

“We can’t fix every problem, but the ones we can, we must. And because we can, we must.” - Bono. [right on man. let's quit worrying about all we can do & do what we can!]

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou

"You've got to preach for an audience of one. Otherwise you'll ride the roller coaster of people's opinion." – mark batterson, pastor and author.

“If God wants us home no doctor can keep us here and if God wants us here no disease can take us home.” – John Piper, pastor & author.

“Don’t be embarrassed about where you’re starting, just be embarrassed if you don’t start at all." - Chris Brown, my pastor. 

[he said this in the context of new believers but i believe this goes for everyone across the board. Who cares if you're starting something new and you're "behind"... forget that, just go for it. no shame in starting from scratch! but there's definitely shame in not starting at all!]

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Edison (surely you don't need a link)

[i need to hear that this week... maybe most weeks.]

“Don’t just read a book to read a book. Read a book to be transformed.” – tony morgan, strategist, author, & my "leadership coach"

[this is my philosophy exactly. i love it.]

“Let’s move away from an ‘us and them’ world and realizing that it’s about all of us and the kind of world that we together want to live in and share.” – Jaqueline Novograts, (@ TED Global) [speaking in a context of microfinance in Africa. what a great recommendation and way of life for all of us.]

WHICH IS YOUR FAV QUOTE?